108 Mr. W. S. Dallas's Sketch 



(and, in the male, its base,) and the anal apparatus, violet-black ; 

 the penultimate segment is entirely red. Breast black, tinted with 

 violet, finely punctured ; the lateral angles of the antepectus, and 

 part of the antero-lateral margins, red. Legs violet-black. An- 

 tennae and rostrum black. 



This is one of the most variable species of this genus with which 

 we are at present acquainted, Mr. Hope has described, as dis- 

 tinct species, the two following varieties, viz. 



1 . Ted. Hardwickii, Hope. 

 Pachycoris Nepalensis, H. Sch. ; Scutellera Hardwickii, Germ. 

 In this the spots have become confluent, so that the general 

 colour of the upper surface of the insect is black ; the thorax is 

 nearly covered by the two spots on the disc, which extend for- 

 wards to the black anterior margin, and posteriorly to the hinder 

 margin; the five spots at the base of the scutellum are united, 

 forming a large waved band across the base, from the centre of 

 which the apex of the triangular basal spot projects, while the 

 two intermediate spots of the transverse row are joined to one 

 another, and to the two subapical ones, forming a large rounded 

 lobate patch. 



Between this and the normal state, and between the latter and 

 the following variety, a good many intermediate forms exist. 



2. Tect. affinis, Hope. 

 In this the two subbasal and the two subapical spots are wanting, 

 all the other characters existing as in the normal condition of the 

 species, although we sometimes find the two spots on the disc of 

 the thorax exceedingly indistinct. The species however is easily 

 distinguished, throughout all its varieties, from those most nearly 

 allied to it, by the uniform red colour of the fifth segment of the 

 abdomen. 



Sp. 9. P. dives, Guerin. 



P. rufo-fulvus ; capite, thorace margine antico, maculis thoracis 

 et scutelli, elytrorumque marginibus nigris ; abdomine rufo, 

 sulco longitudinali indistincto, stigmatibus nigris ; rostro fere 

 abdominis apicem attingente. $. 



Long. lin. Tg. 



Hab. in Java. 



In Mus. Brit, 



Scutellera dives, Guerin, Ic. pi. 55, fig, 1, 



Somewhat elongate -ovate, above orange, thickly and finely 

 punctured. Head brassy-black, shining, punctured; eyes brown- 



